Hawaii Health Care Providers Disease Reporting Requirements

Reporting Categories

Urgent: Diseases labeled “Urgent” shall be reported by telephone as soon as a provisional diagnosis is established and shall be followed by a written report submitted by mail or fax withing three (3) days to the program office as indicated below.

Routine: Report by mail, telephone, or fax to the Disease Investigation Branch on O’ahu, or to the appropriate District Health Offices noted below.

Routine/Enteric: Report by telephone as soon as a working diagnosis is established if the individual case is a FOODHANDLER, DIRECT CARE PROVIDER, or PRE-SCHOOL AGED CHILD.

Confidential: Diseases labelled “Confidential” shall be reported by mail or telephone within three working days to the appropriate program noted below.

Upon request: Disease shall be reported to the Disease Investigation Branch upon request

Streptococcal disease, Group A (beta hemolytic, invasive disease including Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis, or isolation from a normally sterile site, but not including pharyngitis)

Routine

Disease Investigation Branch

Tetanus

Routine

Disease Investigation Branch

Toxoplasmosis

Routine

Disease Investigation Branch

Trichinosis

Routine

Disease Investigation Branch

Typhus (louse, flea, mite-borne)

Routine

Disease Investigation Branch

Amebiasis

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Campylobacteriosis

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Cryptosporidiosis

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Escherichia coli O157

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Giardiasis

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Hemorrhagic colitis due to E. coli , any strain or serotype

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Listeriosis

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Norovirus (NoV) (Report laboratory confirmed cases and outbreaks)

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Salmonellosis (other than typhoid)

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Shigellosis

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Vibrosis (other than cholera)

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Yersiniosis

Routine/Enteric

Disease Investigation Branch

Angiostrongyliasis

Upon Request

Disease Investigation Branch

Hepatitis C (chronic) - Also report liver function tests (AST, ALT) conducted at the same time for all patients who are anti-HCV positive